Which one to use? JSONObject from org.json VS JsonObject from javax.json

Question

This is my first post. As a budding Android developer, I read SO posts on a near daily basis on various topics, but for this question, I didn\'t find any help from Google or

Answer 1

JSONObject, as mentioned, is provided by android's API. JsonObject is specifically used for Java EE development which is essentially for web applications and networking capabilities among other things.

The reason Android does not prepackage JsonObject from Oracle Java EE package is because alot of the things javax can do, are not allowed within android like accessing the internet without permission. This means importing the entire jars files of javax would conflict with Android.

If you plan to build your own backend with Java EE, I would highly suggest using JsonObject over JSONObject. On the other hand, if you know a prebuilt rest service or something similar that supports Android's JSON even better.